True-blue S'pore dishes

IT is no secret that Singaporeans love to eat, and most of us would often head to a hawker centre for a cheap and good meal, so much so that the hawker centre has become an icon of Singapore culture.

But 50 years ago, dining at a hawker centre was unheard of. It was more common to be seen having a meal at hawker stalls along the street. No one would bat an eyelid over tucking into a bowl of noodles, beside a wet, stinky and dirty drain, with rats scurrying by.

"The most significant change in Singapore's food history could be the decision to move all the hawker food stall…